TY - JOUR A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Beier, H.T. T1 - A model for the determination of the fatigue life in technical alloys containing large and small defects N2 - The determination of the fatigue life in technical alloys containing large and small defects must rely on a propagation model which accounts for short and long crack growth. Recently an analytical model which incorporates propagation in the short crack regime and plastic correction for the crack driving force has been presented by two of the authors. This work is intended to show further validation of the model, taking into account data sets for different materials with different testing conditions. Despite the assumptions about missing parameters, the value of which had to be taken from the literature, the predictions showed a fairly good approximation of the fatigue lives. A possible interpretation of the results in terms of multiple crack initiation and propagation at higher loads is proposed. T2 - EFC20 - 20th European conference on fracture CY - Trondheim, Norway DA - 30.06.2014 KW - Fatigue strength KW - Crack propagation KW - Short cracks PY - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-311961 SN - 2211-8128 VL - 3 SP - 493 EP - 498 PB - Curran CY - Red Hook, NY, USA AN - OPUS4-31196 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Zerbst, Uwe ED - Baumgartner, J. ED - Melz, T. T1 - Assessment of welded joints by fracture mechanics IBESS - the development of a procedure N2 - The idea to determine the fatigue strength of weldments by means fracture mechanics was originally based on the empirical observation that the major portion of the fatigue life in weldments is frequently spent in crack propagation. The present paper gives a brief overview on the basic principles of fracture mechanics-based determination of fatigue strength and on special features which have to be considered for weldments. Based on this information, the ongoing research project IBESS is introduced and briefly reviewed. T2 - SoSDiD - 4th Symposium on structural durability in Darmstadt CY - Darmstadt, Germany DA - 2014-05-14 KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Fatigue strength KW - (Residual) lifetime KW - Weldments PY - 2014 SP - 49 EP - 66 PB - Fraunhofer Verlag AN - OPUS4-31321 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai T1 - Damage development and damage tolerance of structures manufactured by selective laser melting N2 - The additive manufacturing technology of Selective Laser Melting (SLM) experiences a rapid development within an increasing marked of quite different application fields. The properties of SLM materials and structures are influenced by a number of tech-nological parameters such as the metal powder (particle size, homogeneity, cleanliness), the laser tool (power, beam diameter, pulse lengths), the scanning operation (speed, sequence and orientation of melting paths), parameters of the over-all equipment (design and preheating of the base plate, currents and turbulence in the protective gas atmosphere) and, last not least, the hatching strategy including the build-up direction of the structure with respect to the loading direction of the component. For the perspective use of SLM structures as load carrying, safety-relevant components the knowledge of their mechanical properties is necessary. It is essential to understand these in the context of the manufacturing-related features and at the back-ground of the basic characteristics of metallic materials: crystal lattice, microstructure and material defects. The paper provides an overview on factors which affect the mechanical parameters stiffness, strength, ductility, toughness, fatigue crack propagation and fatigue strength in the context of selective laser melting. T2 - 3rd International Symposium on Fatigue Design an Material Defects, FDMD 2017 CY - Lecco, Italy DA - 19.09.2017 KW - Fatigue strength KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Initial crack size KW - Short crack propagation KW - Multiple crack propagation PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-43853 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe T1 - Application of fracture mechanics to welds with crack origin at the weld toe—a review. Part 2: welding residual stresses. Residual and total life assessment N2 - The two-part paper series provides an overview on the state-of-the-art in the application of engineering fracture mechanics to weldments limited to butt and fillet welds with crack initiation at weld toes. In the present second part, one focus is on welding residual stresses, their characteristics and stability under cyclic loading and their effect on structural integrity. Subsequently, features will be addressed which are essential for applying fracture mechanics to overall fatigue life and fatigue strength considerations of weldments. These comprise fatigue life relevant initial crack sizes and multiple crack initiation and Propagation due to various stress peaks along the weld toe. A concept is briefly introduced which covers all these aspects. KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Welding residual stresses KW - Multiple crack propagation KW - Fatigue strength PY - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-019-00816-y VL - 64 IS - 1 SP - 151 EP - 169 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-50263 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Zerbst, Uwe T1 - Fatigue strength and fracture mechanics of mechanical components N2 - The present paper provides a discussion on all these topics and it offers solutions for it. The authors present an analytical solution of a Delta J based crack driving force based on an R6 type approach but modified for cyclic loading. The gradual build-up of the crack closure effect is modelled by the so-called cyclic R curve which describes the crack size dependency of the fatigue crack propagation threshold in the short crack regime. It is explained how the cyclic R curve is experimentally determined and how it can be estimated by a modified Kitagawa-Takahashi approach. T2 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design T2 - 7th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design CY - Albufeira, Portugal DA - 11.07.2017 KW - Fatigue strength KW - S-N curve KW - Crack propagation KW - J-integral KW - Residual lifetime PY - 2017 SN - 978-989-98832-7-7 SP - 507 EP - 508 AN - OPUS4-46863 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Beretta, S. A1 - Köhler, G. A1 - Lawton, A. A1 - Vormwald, M. A1 - Beier, H.T. A1 - Klinger, Christian A1 - Cerný, I. A1 - Rudlin, J. A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Klingbeil, Dietmar T1 - Safe life and damage tolerance aspects of railway axles - A review N2 - The paper gives an overview on safe life and damage tolerance methods applied to railway axles. It describes failure scenarios due to fatigue crack initiation and propagation. Besides common aspects of design, specific features such as corrosion and impact damage from flying ballast are discussed which may reduce the fatigue strength of axles during service. Potential effects of non-metallic inclusions from the steel manufacturing process are addressed in the context of the very high number of loading cycles railway axles are designed for. With respect to damage tolerance general lines of fracture mechanics residual lifetime analyses are introduced. More specific discussion is provided on aspects such as the threshold value of fatigue crack propagation and reliability aspects of non-destructive inspection. KW - Railway axle KW - Safe life design KW - Damage tolerance KW - Fatigue strength KW - Fatigue crack propagation KW - Inspection intervals PY - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2012.09.029 SN - 0013-7944 SN - 1873-7315 VL - 98 SP - 214 EP - 271 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Kidlington AN - OPUS4-27779 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai T1 - Damage development and damage tolerance of structures manufactured by selective laser melting - a review N2 - The additive manufacturing technology of Selective Laser Melting (SLM) experiences a rapid development within an increasing marked of quite different application fields. The properties of SLM materials and structures are influenced by a number of tech-nological parameters such as the metal powder (particle size, homogeneity, cleanliness), the laser tool (power, beam diameter, pulse lengths), the scanning operation (speed, sequence and orientation of melting paths), parameters of the over-all equipment (design and preheating of the base plate, currents and turbulence in the protective gas atmosphere) and, last not least, the hatching strategy including the build-up direction of the structure with respect to the loading direction of the component. For the perspective use of SLM structures as load carrying, safety-relevant components the knowledge of their mechanical properties is necessary. It is essential to understand these in the context of the manufacturing-related features and at the back-ground of the basic characteristics of metallic materials: crystal lattice, microstructure and material defects. The paper provides an overview on factors which affect the mechanical parameters stiffness, strength, ductility, toughness, fatigue crack propagation and fatigue strength in the context of selective laser melting. T2 - FDMD 2017 CY - Lecco, Italy DA - 19.09.2017 KW - Fatigue strength KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Initial crack size KW - Short crack propagation KW - Multiple crack propagation PY - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-438511 SN - 2452-3216 VL - 7 SP - 141 EP - 148 PB - ScienceDirect CY - Lecco, Italy AN - OPUS4-43851 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Klinger, Christian T1 - Anmerkungen zur Auslegung und zum sicheren Betrieb von Radsatzwellen aus der Sicht von Betriebsfestigkeit und Bruchmechanik N2 - Die Sicherheit von Radsatzwellen beruht gegenwärtig auf zwei Säulen: der Schwingfestigkeitsauslegung und periodischen Inspektionen. Ausgehend von einem Schadensfall, der gebrochenen ICE 3-Welle von Köln, 2008, sollen ausgewählte Aspekte beider Säulen diskutiert und Vorschläge zur weiteren Verbesserung gemacht werden. Diese betreffen u.a. Fragen einer Betriebszeitbegrenzung, Veränderungen der Schwingfestigkeit während des Betriebs infolge von Korrosion und Steinschlag, den Einfluss von Korrosion auf Schwingrissinitiierung und -fortschritt, den potentiellen Einfluss nichtmetallischer Einschlüsse auf die Schwingfestigkeit, die Möglichkeiten sie im Rahmen der Qualitätssicherung zu detektieren sowie Fragen der Bruchmechanik und der Zuverlässigkeit zerstörungsfreier Schwingriss-Prüfverfahren im Rahmen eines Konzepts regelmäßiger Inspektionen. T2 - 40. Tagung des DVM-Arbeitskreises Betriebsfestigkeit CY - Herzogenaurach, Germany DA - 09.10.2013 KW - Radsatzwellen KW - Schwingfestigkeit KW - Sichere Lebensdauer KW - Schadenstoleranz KW - Zerstörungsfreie Inspektion KW - Korrosion KW - Steinschlag KW - Nichtmetallische Einschlüsse KW - Railway axles KW - Fatigue strength KW - Safe life design KW - Damage tolerance design KW - Non-destructive inspection KW - Corrosion KW - Flying ballast impact KW - Non-metallic inclusions PY - 2013 N1 - Serientitel: DVM-Bericht – Series title: DVM-Bericht VL - 140 SP - 69 EP - 80 AN - OPUS4-29458 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro ED - Yu, S. ED - Feng, X.-Q. T1 - Fracture mechanics model for predicting fracture strength of metallic alloys containing large second phase particles N2 - An analytical fracture mechanics model for predicting the finite life fatigue strength of components is presented which Combines a number of well established and newly developed approaches such as Murakami’s and McEvily's approach for describing the transient behaviour of crack closure of short cracks, the analytical (long) crack closure function of Newman, the R6 procedure modified by a method for improving the ligament yielding correction proposed by the authors and other elements. Basic assumption is the preexistence of initial flaws such that the crack initiation or nucleation stage is small and can be neglected. The application of the model is demonstrated for small tension plates of aluminium Al 5380 H321 with artificial initial defects generated by FIB technology, the size of which was fixed on the basis of fractographic investigations on broken, smooth specimens. T2 - ICF13 - 13th International conference on fracture CY - Beijing, China DA - 16.06.2013 KW - Fatigue strength KW - S-N curve KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Crack propagation KW - Short cracks PY - 2013 SN - 978-988-12265-2-5 SP - 1 EP - 12 AN - OPUS4-29537 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro ED - Yadroitsev, I. ED - Yadroitsava, I. ED - Du Plessies, A. ED - McDonald, E. T1 - Structural integrity II: fatigue properties N2 - If a component is cyclically loaded, its load carrying capacity is considerably lower than in the monotonic loading case. This general observation applies in particular to L-PBF parts. The causes of this are mainly material defects such as pores and unwelded regions (Chapter 8) and a pronounced surface roughness in the as-built condition (Chapter 9). In addition, effects due to the anisotropy of the microstructure (Chapter 6) and a complex residual stress pattern (Chapter 7) play an important role. A consequence is that common strategies of fatigue assessment cannot be transferred to L-PBF applications without modifications. Due to the inhomogeneity of the material, the determination of representative material properties and the transfer to the component is a problem, and this is also the case with regard to the consideration of defects, surface roughness and residual stresses. The chapter gives a brief introduction to these problem areas. KW - Fatigue crack propagation stagesdefects KW - Fatigue strength KW - Fatigue life KW - Fracture mechanics PY - 2021 SN - 978-0-12-824090-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824090-8.00015-9 SP - 377 EP - 394 PB - Elsevier Inc. CY - Amsterdam ET - 1 AN - OPUS4-52854 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro T1 - Fracture mechanics based assessment of the fatigue strength: approach for the determination of the initial crack size N2 - In a number of previous papers, the authors have proposed a model for fracture mechanics based prediction of the S-N characteristics of metallic components with large microstructural defects. Here, an extension to materials that do not show large defects onto the fracture surfaces is provided. In such cases, an approach based on a so-called cyclic R-curve analysis is proposed for the determination of the initial flaw size, which has to be used in the calculation of fatigue crack propagation. The principle is explained and demonstrated by a first application to a welded joint. KW - Fatigue strength KW - Weldments KW - Short cracks KW - Initial flaw size KW - Cyclic R-curve PY - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.12288 SN - 1460-2695 SN - 0160-4112 SN - 8756-758X VL - 38 IS - 9 SP - 1066 EP - 1075 PB - Blackwell CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-33838 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Beier, H. Th. T1 - Fatigue strength and life determination of weldments based on fracture mechanics N2 - The paper provides an overview on the results of a German cluster project on the use of fracture mechanics to the determination of the fatigue strength of weldments with fatigue cracks originating at the weld toes. The approach includes (a) a concept for short crack propagation for which the common ΔK concept is not applicable and the crack closure effects are still being gradually build-up, (b) a method for determining fatigue life relevant initial crack sizes as they are needed in any fracture mechanics analysis and (c) multiple cracking and crack coalescence at load levels higher than the endurance limit. The analyses are stochastically performed. Both, the endurance limit and the finite life branch of the S-N curve are determined. Besides a brief introduction into the approach, validation examples are presented. These comprise different weldment types (butt welds, cross joints and longitudinal stiffened plates), two steels (S355NL and S960QL) of quite different strengths, different weld geometries due to different welding techniques (WIG, MAG), as-welded and stress relieved welds and different stress ratios varying from R = -1 to R = 0.5. T2 - FDMD 2017 CY - Lecco, Italy DA - 19.09.2017 KW - Weldments KW - Fatigue strength KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Initial crack size KW - Short crack propagation KW - Multiple crack propagation PY - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-438500 SN - 2452-3216 VL - 7 SP - 407 EP - 414 PB - ScienceDirect CY - Lecco, Italy AN - OPUS4-43850 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Beier, H.T. T1 - A model for fracture mechanics based prediction of the fatigue strength: Further validation and limitations N2 - Recently two of the authors of the present paper proposed a model for a fracture mechanics based prediction of the S–N characteristics of metallic components with large microstructural defects and supported this by a validation exercise on tensile plates made of an aluminium alloy AL5380 H321. Here the authors extend the study using a number of further data sets from the literature for which data were available at different R ratios. These data include two aluminium alloys, Al 2024-T3 and Al 7075-T6, and a ductile cast iron, EN-GJS- 400-18-LT. Despite of necessary assumptions for the compensation of partially missing input information the results were fairly reasonable with the exception of one data set. The authors identify high applied stress levels in combination with potential multiple crack initiation as the probable root of the problem and propose a scheme how the model can be extended for taking into account crack initiation. KW - Fatigue strength KW - S–N curve KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Crack propagation KW - Short cracks PY - 2014 UR - http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0013794413003901/1-s2.0-S0013794413003901-main.pdf?_tid=1403b676-b8a0-11e3-9087-00000aab0f26&acdnat=1396248522_d8c91133aa860e68196d9325c22ce651 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2013.12.005 SN - 0013-7944 SN - 1873-7315 SP - 1 EP - 17 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Kidlington AN - OPUS4-30452 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Hellmann, D. T1 - Fracture mechanics model for predicting fatigue strength of metallic alloys containing large second phase particles T2 - ECF 19 - 19th European conference on fracture - Fracture mechanics for durability, reliability and safety CY - Kazan, Russia DA - 2012-08-26 KW - Fatigue strength KW - S-N curve KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Crack propagation KW - Short cracks KW - Bruchmechanik KW - Schwingfestigkeit KW - Bauteilbewertung PY - 2012 SN - 978-5-905576-18-8 IS - Proceeding-ID 116 SP - 1 EP - 14 AN - OPUS4-27278 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Schork, B. A1 - Kaffenberger, M. A1 - Oechsner, M. A1 - Kucharzcyk, P. A1 - Hensel, J. A1 - Bernhard, J. A1 - Tchuindjang, D. T1 - The effect of the local and global weld geometry as well as material defects on crack initiation and fatigue strength N2 - The paper provides an application of the IBESS approach to the investigation of the influence of various parameters of the global and local weld geometry as well as material defects on the fatigue strength of weldments. For this purpose, the global weld parameters, such as the weld toe radius, the flank angle, the excess weld metal, local secondary notches (in the present study as a measure of surface imperfections) and inclusions sizes have been determined as statistical distributions for different joint types and geometries and two steels of different strengths. The results are in line with literature data and reveal the potential of the theoretical approach to predict the correct trends. The combination with an advanced weld quality system has been demonstrated to be possible. KW - Weldments KW - Fatigue strength KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Weld geometry KW - Inclusions KW - Multiple crack initiation PY - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2017.07.001 SN - 0013-7944 SN - 1873-7315 VL - 198 SP - 103 EP - 122 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-46858 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Vormwald, M. T1 - Applying fracture mechanics to fatigue strength determination - some basic considerations N2 - A discussion is provided on demands that must be met in order to apply fracture mechanics to the determination of overall fatigue lifetime and strength, i.e., S-N curves and fatigue limits. These comprise the determination of the cyclic crack driving force for all stages of fatigue crack propagation, in particular for the short crack stage where the crack driving force has to be determined for elastic-plastic deformation and the gradual build-up of the crack closure phenomenon. Special emphasis is put on a fatigue damage relevant specification of the initial crack size. Different approaches in the literature are discussed. Another important aspect is the adequate treatment of multiple crack propagation. Finally, the discussion is illustrated by an example of a butt weld made of a medium strength steel. KW - Multiple cracks KW - Fatigue strength KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Fatigue crack propagation KW - Initial crack size PY - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2019.05.009 SN - 0142-1123 VL - 126 SP - 188 EP - 201 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-48091 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Vormwald, M. T1 - Fatigue strength and fracture mechanics N2 - If fracture mechanics shall be applied to the total lifetime respectively the fatigue limit of components (within the meaning of the S-N curve approach) it has to address four challenges: (a) It has to adequately describe so-called short crack propagation, which cannot be based on the common long crack concepts for principle reasons. Since the crack size is in the order of the plastic zone size, the modelling of short crack propagation cannot be based on the common linear elastic Delta K concept. Instead, an elastic-plastic parameter such as the cyclic J integral has to be applied. A second point is that the crack closure concept has to be modified in that the crack opening stress is not a constant, crack size- independent parameter but shows a transient behaviour with increasing short crack size. (b) It has to provide a meaningful definition of the initial crack dimensions as the starting point for an S-N curve relevant (residual) lifetime analysis. This can be based either on the (statistical) size of material defects which can be treated as cracks or by the size of the crack which would arrest subsequent to early crack propagation, whatever is larger. (c) It has to cope with the problem of multiple cracks for load levels higher than the fatigue limit such as it occurs in many applications in the absence of very large initial defects. (d) This requires consequent statistical treatment taking into account variations in the local geometry of the area where crack initiation has to be expected as well as the scatter in the initial crack size and in the material data used for the analyses. T2 - 2nd International Conference on Structural Integrity CY - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal DA - 04.09.2017 KW - Fatigue strength KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Initial crack size KW - Short crack propagation KW - Multiple crack propagation PY - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2017.07.065 SN - 2452-3216 VL - 5 SP - 745 EP - 752 AN - OPUS4-42545 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Vormwald, M. T1 - Fatigue strength and fracture mechanics N2 - If fracture mechanics shall be applied to the total lifetime respectively the fatigue limit of components (within the meaning of the S-N curve approach) it has to address four challenges: (a) It has to adequately describe so-called short crack propagation, which cannot be based on the common long crack concepts for principle reasons. Since the crack size is in the order of the plastic zone size, the modelling of short crack propagation cannot be based on the common linear elastic Delta K concept. Instead, an elastic-plastic parameter such as the cyclic J integral has to be applied. A second point is that the crack closure concept has to be modified in that the crack opening stress is not a constant, crack size- independent parameter but shows a transient behaviour with increasing short crack size. (b) It has to provide a meaningful definition of the initial crack dimensions as the starting point for an S-N curve relevant (residual) lifetime analysis. This can be based either on the (statistical) size of material defects which can be treated as cracks or by the size of the crack which would arrest subsequent to early crack propagation, whatever is larger. (c) It has to cope with the problem of multiple cracks for load levels higher than the fatigue limit such as it occurs in many applications in the absence of very large initial defects. (d) This requires consequent statistical treatment taking into account variations in the local geometry of the area where crack initiation has to be expected as well as the scatter in the initial crack size and in the material data used for the analyses. T2 - 2nd International Conference on Structural Integrity CY - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal DA - 04.09.2017 KW - Fatigue strength KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Initial crack size KW - Short crack propagation KW - Multiple crack propagation PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-42546 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Vormwald, M. A1 - Beier, T. T1 - Fatigue strength and fracture mechanics - A general perspective N2 - Common fracture mechanics based fatigue considerations are usually limited to the residual lifetime determination of so-called long cracks. The extension of this concept to the total lifetime, as in the S-N curve approach, requires an adequate description of short crack propagation which cannot be based on the Delta K concept, and it must consider the crack closure phenomenon as well as its gradual build-up at the short crack stage. Further, it has to provide a meaningful definition of initial crack dimensions and a solution for the multiple crack problem at stress levels higher than the fatigue limit as it is specific for some configurations such as weldments. This paper aims at a discussion of all these points and offers possible solutions which are illustrated by examples taken from the German IBESS project on fracture mechanics based determination of the fatigue strength of weldments, the results of which will be discussed in more detail in this Special issue. KW - Fatigue strength KW - Endurance limit KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Short crack propagation KW - Multiple cracking KW - Weldments PY - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2017.04.030 SN - 0013-7944 SN - 1873-7315 VL - 198 SP - 2 EP - 23 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-46862 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -